Hugh Thomas
@cyclonictwister.bsky.social
Urban mobility, getting about on a bike, tasty coffee, cycling for a better world, cargo biking weekly .#vlieland #cork #edinburgh #cowboybike
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The disaster that’s about to unfold when the council remove the modal filters on the Braid estate.
The classic “George Watson’s” rat run will become a thing again, increasing traffic on residential streets far beyond the original scheme
@stephenjenkinson.bsky.social
@cllrbenparker.bsky.social
The classic “George Watson’s” rat run will become a thing again, increasing traffic on residential streets far beyond the original scheme
@stephenjenkinson.bsky.social
@cllrbenparker.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The disaster that’s about to unfold when the council remove the modal filters on the Braid estate.
The classic “George Watson’s” rat run will become a thing again, increasing traffic on residential streets far beyond the original scheme
@stephenjenkinson.bsky.social
@cllrbenparker.bsky.social
The classic “George Watson’s” rat run will become a thing again, increasing traffic on residential streets far beyond the original scheme
@stephenjenkinson.bsky.social
@cllrbenparker.bsky.social
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Infrastructure design is by far the most effective of the three.
Thankfully there are quick, low-cost and effective ways to make streets safe:
✅ Pedestrian zones
✅ Bus-gates
✅ Modal filters
✅ Low traffic neighbourhoods
We hope to see them on the ground very soon. Delays cost lives!
Thankfully there are quick, low-cost and effective ways to make streets safe:
✅ Pedestrian zones
✅ Bus-gates
✅ Modal filters
✅ Low traffic neighbourhoods
We hope to see them on the ground very soon. Delays cost lives!
I’ve made it clear that road safety is a priority for me and my administration in the City Chambers. Behavioural change, infrastructure design and active enforcement are the three key elements required to ensure Edinburgh’s roads remain safe for all.
theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2025/01/low-...
theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2025/01/low-...
Low Traffic Corstorphine "deeply concerned" about road safety
Low Traffic Corstorphine (LTC) has said it is deeply concerned about the recent spate of road traffic incidents in the west of the city, including a death on St John’s Road and several other collision...
theedinburghreporter.co.uk
January 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Infrastructure design is by far the most effective of the three.
Thankfully there are quick, low-cost and effective ways to make streets safe:
✅ Pedestrian zones
✅ Bus-gates
✅ Modal filters
✅ Low traffic neighbourhoods
We hope to see them on the ground very soon. Delays cost lives!
Thankfully there are quick, low-cost and effective ways to make streets safe:
✅ Pedestrian zones
✅ Bus-gates
✅ Modal filters
✅ Low traffic neighbourhoods
We hope to see them on the ground very soon. Delays cost lives!
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Glad road safety is a priority. So why is the Quiet Route being removed in the Braid Estate? Having reduced traffic by 4,000 vehicles (40%) since 2018, without a significant increase in traffic on the main alternative route, why would anyone want to prioritise rat-running drivers and reverse this?
January 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Glad road safety is a priority. So why is the Quiet Route being removed in the Braid Estate? Having reduced traffic by 4,000 vehicles (40%) since 2018, without a significant increase in traffic on the main alternative route, why would anyone want to prioritise rat-running drivers and reverse this?
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Now do roads.
Why does public transport need to make a profit in order to be a success, but when assessing (climate-wreaking, car-use-inducing) road building projects the financing and operational costs are ignored?
Why does public transport need to make a profit in order to be a success, but when assessing (climate-wreaking, car-use-inducing) road building projects the financing and operational costs are ignored?
The real questions are when will Edinburgh Trams make a profit? Latest results for 2023 show £11.8m loss before tax after operating for 10 years at a loss. How much does it cost Edinburgh taxpayers to repay construction debt?
January 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Now do roads.
Why does public transport need to make a profit in order to be a success, but when assessing (climate-wreaking, car-use-inducing) road building projects the financing and operational costs are ignored?
Why does public transport need to make a profit in order to be a success, but when assessing (climate-wreaking, car-use-inducing) road building projects the financing and operational costs are ignored?
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Fully embracing Dutch philosophy…
If it can be done by bicycle; do it by bicycle 💚
If it can be done by bicycle; do it by bicycle 💚
December 13, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Fully embracing Dutch philosophy…
If it can be done by bicycle; do it by bicycle 💚
If it can be done by bicycle; do it by bicycle 💚
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Good to see so many bikes at the Foot of the Walk on a December morning. Cycling is an act of love, for yourself, for your local community and for the world.
December 13, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Good to see so many bikes at the Foot of the Walk on a December morning. Cycling is an act of love, for yourself, for your local community and for the world.
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The Bike Station comes highly recommended as a place to get a decent quality and affordable bike. Especially for those little legs that seem to grow centimetres by the week 🚸
Help them to move premises and keep up the amazing work they do 👌
Help them to move premises and keep up the amazing work they do 👌
TBS Causewayside looking braw.
We'll be moving soon (thanks commercial landlords for your rental hikes)
Support our next adventure!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-the-b...
We'll be moving soon (thanks commercial landlords for your rental hikes)
Support our next adventure!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-the-b...
December 5, 2024 at 12:21 PM
The Bike Station comes highly recommended as a place to get a decent quality and affordable bike. Especially for those little legs that seem to grow centimetres by the week 🚸
Help them to move premises and keep up the amazing work they do 👌
Help them to move premises and keep up the amazing work they do 👌
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Another step forward in improving language around road crashes: Government gives police permission to replace 'accident' with 'collision' on road signs fleetnews.co.uk/news/police-...
December 4, 2024 at 9:43 AM
Another step forward in improving language around road crashes: Government gives police permission to replace 'accident' with 'collision' on road signs fleetnews.co.uk/news/police-...
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Your irregular reminder of the scale of disparity between trunk/major roads and cycle funding in England. This is the five years 2018/19-2024/25
Trunk roads: £23,100,000,000 (£23.1bn)
Cycling: £732,885,226 (£733m)
(of which National Cycle Network/Sustrans: £98,207,062 [£98m])
Trunk roads: £23,100,000,000 (£23.1bn)
Cycling: £732,885,226 (£733m)
(of which National Cycle Network/Sustrans: £98,207,062 [£98m])
December 2, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Your irregular reminder of the scale of disparity between trunk/major roads and cycle funding in England. This is the five years 2018/19-2024/25
Trunk roads: £23,100,000,000 (£23.1bn)
Cycling: £732,885,226 (£733m)
(of which National Cycle Network/Sustrans: £98,207,062 [£98m])
Trunk roads: £23,100,000,000 (£23.1bn)
Cycling: £732,885,226 (£733m)
(of which National Cycle Network/Sustrans: £98,207,062 [£98m])
One benefit of trying to cycle in the snow today.. it's the only time drivers don't go above the 20mph speed limit .
November 23, 2024 at 5:01 PM
One benefit of trying to cycle in the snow today.. it's the only time drivers don't go above the 20mph speed limit .
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Having seen both the massive sharp-edged Cybertruck & the cute little Microlino in real life this w/e at Everything Electric, here is my proposal for managing cars in cities: Spagetti-measure style holes at the end of every street. If your vehicle can fit through the hole, it's allowed on that road.
October 13, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Having seen both the massive sharp-edged Cybertruck & the cute little Microlino in real life this w/e at Everything Electric, here is my proposal for managing cars in cities: Spagetti-measure style holes at the end of every street. If your vehicle can fit through the hole, it's allowed on that road.
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Behold the world’s longest tunnel specifically built for biking and walking.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
October 17, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Behold the world’s longest tunnel specifically built for biking and walking.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Including some comments from me
Non-EU partners of EU citizens can legally travel without visas, even on their own, but border guards and airline staff don’t always let them. So, many non-EU partners pay for visas anyway. Read more here dublininquirer.com/2024/10/02/n...
Non-EU partners of EU citizens can legally travel without visas, even on their own, but border guards and airline staff don’t always let them - Dublin Inquirer
When Arpita Chakraborty arrived at Amsterdam’s airport without her Spanish-citizen husband, “They’re like, ‘Okay, sorry, Madam, where is your husband?’”
dublininquirer.com
October 2, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Including some comments from me
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We should really ban dockless cars - people leave them all over the pavement.
September 24, 2024 at 3:51 PM
We should really ban dockless cars - people leave them all over the pavement.
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So, about rain… 🌧️
Post a picture of a well-used cycle lane and pretty soon someone will reply “Ha! Just wait till it’s raining!” in an everyone-should-use-a-car-for-all-journeys-QED tone of voice
So to save time in future, I’m going to save my response here. A thread follows:
Post a picture of a well-used cycle lane and pretty soon someone will reply “Ha! Just wait till it’s raining!” in an everyone-should-use-a-car-for-all-journeys-QED tone of voice
So to save time in future, I’m going to save my response here. A thread follows:
November 23, 2023 at 5:45 PM
So, about rain… 🌧️
Post a picture of a well-used cycle lane and pretty soon someone will reply “Ha! Just wait till it’s raining!” in an everyone-should-use-a-car-for-all-journeys-QED tone of voice
So to save time in future, I’m going to save my response here. A thread follows:
Post a picture of a well-used cycle lane and pretty soon someone will reply “Ha! Just wait till it’s raining!” in an everyone-should-use-a-car-for-all-journeys-QED tone of voice
So to save time in future, I’m going to save my response here. A thread follows:
Glasgow. Cork . Both putting in new active travel bridges..Edinburgh it's your turn.
New bridge connecting Govan-Partick sails into Glasgow
New bridge connecting Govan-Partick sails into Glasgow
The bridge, which is aimed at reconnecting two communities, was delayed in high winds on Friday.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2023 at 10:35 AM
Glasgow. Cork . Both putting in new active travel bridges..Edinburgh it's your turn.
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Opening of Cork's newest walking and cycling bridge is warmly welcomed irishcycle.com/2023/11/02/o...
Opening of Cork’s newest walking and cycling bridge is warmly welcomed -- IrishCycle.com
The opening of Cork’s newest walking and cycling bridge has been warmly welcomed — people are saying that route is being well used despite the wintry weather. The bridge crosses the N40…
irishcycle.com
November 2, 2023 at 10:49 PM
Opening of Cork's newest walking and cycling bridge is warmly welcomed irishcycle.com/2023/11/02/o...
Young Fathers tonight. Edinburgh Usher Hall. Unbelievable energy. What a show.
November 1, 2023 at 11:43 PM
Young Fathers tonight. Edinburgh Usher Hall. Unbelievable energy. What a show.
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Part 2: In which Noel Edmonds turns out to be an anti-cycling douchenugget and just a bit shy of rational.
'You're the enemy': Noel Edmonds' cycleway rant and a meeting of conspiracy theorists
www.stuff.co.nz/national/300...
'You're the enemy': Noel Edmonds' cycleway rant and a meeting of conspiracy theorists
www.stuff.co.nz/national/300...
'You're the enemy': Noel Edmonds' cycleway rant and a meeting of conspiracy theorists
Belinda Crisp went to see Noel Edmonds, the British TV celeb, to ask if a cycleway could go across part of his land in the South Island. She came away shaken.
www.stuff.co.nz
October 29, 2023 at 4:15 AM
Part 2: In which Noel Edmonds turns out to be an anti-cycling douchenugget and just a bit shy of rational.
'You're the enemy': Noel Edmonds' cycleway rant and a meeting of conspiracy theorists
www.stuff.co.nz/national/300...
'You're the enemy': Noel Edmonds' cycleway rant and a meeting of conspiracy theorists
www.stuff.co.nz/national/300...
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"When I die, as far as my so-called accomplishments go, it would be nice if Friends were listed far behind the things I did to help other people.
I know it won't happen, but it would be nice"
RIP Matt Perry, funder of sober-living and addiction support services, and addiction awareness campaigner
I know it won't happen, but it would be nice"
RIP Matt Perry, funder of sober-living and addiction support services, and addiction awareness campaigner
October 29, 2023 at 7:24 AM
"When I die, as far as my so-called accomplishments go, it would be nice if Friends were listed far behind the things I did to help other people.
I know it won't happen, but it would be nice"
RIP Matt Perry, funder of sober-living and addiction support services, and addiction awareness campaigner
I know it won't happen, but it would be nice"
RIP Matt Perry, funder of sober-living and addiction support services, and addiction awareness campaigner
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Matthew Perry quand il parlait de sa mort…
October 29, 2023 at 6:44 AM
Matthew Perry quand il parlait de sa mort…
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🏴 In #Scotland? pls share this student survey looking at #food use, #FoodWaste and #Sustainability ➡️ bit.ly/44QjdcS
🏴🍏🍞🏞️
#DietSustainability #FoodSustainability #Cooking #scotsky #feedingstudies
🏴🍏🍞🏞️
#DietSustainability #FoodSustainability #Cooking #scotsky #feedingstudies
October 28, 2023 at 12:19 PM
🏴 In #Scotland? pls share this student survey looking at #food use, #FoodWaste and #Sustainability ➡️ bit.ly/44QjdcS
🏴🍏🍞🏞️
#DietSustainability #FoodSustainability #Cooking #scotsky #feedingstudies
🏴🍏🍞🏞️
#DietSustainability #FoodSustainability #Cooking #scotsky #feedingstudies
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Had to go to Amsterdam for a conference recently - was glad I had some time to get a bike share to explore before heading home. Cycling In Amsterdam feels so different to the U.K.! And that bike parking garage at the central station 👄👌
October 27, 2023 at 8:06 AM
Had to go to Amsterdam for a conference recently - was glad I had some time to get a bike share to explore before heading home. Cycling In Amsterdam feels so different to the U.K.! And that bike parking garage at the central station 👄👌